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Nature of Quantitative Research

Quantitative research involves collecting and analyzing numerical data using statistical methods to explain phenomena. It aims to be objective and reliable by reducing problems to a limited number of variables, using large, representative sample sizes, and establishing cause-and-effect relationships. Some key advantages are that it allows researchers to objectively measure data to answer problems, results are reliable due to large sample sizes, and processes are simplified. However, limitations include that it ignores natural contexts, requires more resources for large samples, and provides less detailed human perceptions than qualitative research.

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Nature of Quantitative Research

Quantitative research involves collecting and analyzing numerical data using statistical methods to explain phenomena. It aims to be objective and reliable by reducing problems to a limited number of variables, using large, representative sample sizes, and establishing cause-and-effect relationships. Some key advantages are that it allows researchers to objectively measure data to answer problems, results are reliable due to large sample sizes, and processes are simplified. However, limitations include that it ignores natural contexts, requires more resources for large samples, and provides less detailed human perceptions than qualitative research.

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01.05.

2023
PRACTICAL RESEARCH

LESSON 1: Nature of Quantitative Research

Quantitative Research
➔ “explaining phenomena by collecting numerical data that are analyzed using
mathematically based methods (in particular statistics)” — Aliaga and Gunderson (2000)
➔ “the traditional positivist scientific method which refers to a general set of orderly,
disciplined procedures to acquire information” — Polit and Beck (2014)
➔ the method used in the analysis of data is statistical in nature with large sample sizes that
are representative of the whole population

Characteristics of a Quantitative Research


➔ It is reliable and objective.
➔ It uses statistics to generalize a finding.
➔ It reduces and restructures a complex problem to a limited number of variables.
➔ It looks at the connections between variables and establishes cause and effect
relationships in highly controlled circumstances.
➔ It tests theories or hypotheses.
➔ It assumes that the sample is the representative of the population.
➔ The subjectivity of its methodology is a secondary concern.
➔ It deals with the details of the subject.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Quantitative Research


Advantages
➔ Allows the researcher to measure and analyze data to arrive at an objective answer to the
problem based or stated.
➔ Result is reliable since the study uses a big sample of the population.
➔ Standards are usually used in choosing instruments, in sampling procedures, and in
choosing the most appropriate statistical treatment thus, making the research replicable.
➔ Personal biases can be avoided since personal interaction is not part of the research
process.
➔ Processes involved are simplified since the steps in doing quantitative research are made
easy and systematic.
➔ Results can be reduced through statistical treatments and interpreted in a few statements.
Disadvantages
➔ The context of the study on the experiment is ignored in such a way that it does not
consider the natural setting where the study is conducted.
➔ Having a large study sample requires researchers to spend more resources.
➔ Results are limited since they are usually based on the analysis of numbers and are not
obtained from the detailed narratives.
➔ It provides less elaborate accounts of human perceptions.
➔ In experimental research, the level of control may not be normally placed in the real world
because it is usually done in a laboratory.
➔ Preset or fixed alternative answers may not necessarily reflect the true answers of the
participants.
➔ Findings can be influenced by the researcher’s perspective since most of the time, the
participants are unknown to them.

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